A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Chapter 209: For veterans, the best is what matters.

The "assembly line" that Jiangxia set up sounds pretty high-end.

But in reality, it's just an electric motor with a speed-changing system that drives a conveyor belt around.

A few scrapped rollers, some defective parts from the "small cannon," and a long conveyor belt are all it takes.

Jiang Xia put some thought into each workstation, even setting up a material feeding machine.

Just like the candy seller in later times, it was funnel-shaped with a handle. When you pulled it, the iron powder or wood chips that had been placed inside would fall down. The difference from the candy seller was that it had a locking mechanism installed at the opening, which could automatically close after a few seconds by using a spring.

This way, you can easily fill the container even with just your elbow, which is great.

The only part with some technological sophistication is the sealing machine at the back. Jiangxia originally designed a biting mechanism. You just need to put the bag into the biting device, and the bag will be pulled by the clamp. Then, the bag will be locked by heating the electric heating wire.

Remembering Yang Youning's suggestion to increase the workload, we simply replaced the interlocking mechanism with a large iron clamp.

Yes, that's right, those are the metal clothespins we use to hang clothes to dry.

Thinking of how flustered the "veteran" looked, Jiang Xia couldn't help but laugh.

Oh, by the way, a few veterans are going to accompany the teenagers to install the heating stoves.

Let's make a few more wheelchairs. We can use the seats from the Little Cannon brand, and for the wheels, we can just take bicycle wheels and weld a steel strip around the rim. Simple.

By tracing the internal wiring in the workshop, they found Li Huaide, who hadn't even left yet: "It's just a bicycle rim, I'll be there in 30 minutes!"

Jiang Xia had no doubts. Li Huaide's ability to exchange resources with other manufacturers was now unparalleled. He could come up with all sorts of strange excuses, and they all seemed to be reasonable and well-founded.

Thump thump thump~~

The sound of a small cannon rang out, and Jiang Xia peeked out and saw that the veteran was taking the "little train" to visit the production workshop.

Well, it will probably take them a while to slowly wander around and get to this new factory. Let's take this opportunity to get the wheelchair out as soon as possible.

Just imagining the veterans' joyful expressions, Jiang Xia was so happy she almost blew snot out of her nose.

Calling for help, calling for help! Jiang Xia, an intern with limited skills, didn't want to embarrass himself; only the best skills were worthy of these most adorable people.

"Pfft, pfft..."

The group of friends rode their 45cc bicycles to the secret workshop.

Jiang Xia's eyes widened: "Wait, is this thing really that common now? You guys are all getting it?"

Ma Weihong jumped out of the car, first rubbing the little boy's head, feeling quite nostalgic after not seeing him for so long.

"It's not widespread yet. Your sister Wei Hong rode one home, and her father-in-law took a liking to it. The post office reported it and took all our stock. Plus, the local police officer on your teacher's side, so the production was basically divided up to them. It will take some time before it becomes widespread."

Ma Zhendong got out of the car and responded cheerfully.

Uh, does this mean the dark green old-fashioned bicycles from the post office are going to be replaced with ones that smoke?

However, the popularization of what the engineer said is still a long way off.

Nowadays, there aren't gas stations everywhere for you to use; fuel is all supplied with ration coupons. And only companies are eligible to receive these coupons; ordinary people have to find their own ways to get fuel.

Although the oil field has been located, refining remains a problem.

The oil refineries in the Tianshan Mountains have reached a capacity of one million tons, but their secondary processing capacity is not adequate, resulting in consistently low gasoline production.

Diesel is alright, straight-run diesel is fine, as for issues like excessive sulfur, no saint has appeared yet, just straighten it out and use it.

In addition, the steel mill had a good relationship with the Ministry of Petroleum, so there was plenty of diesel fuel in the factory.

"What, did you call us here for something new? Oh, right, some of the workpieces on the boring machine have been machined, but we don't think the engineers at the First Machine Tool Plant are reliable, so we'll have to ask you to take a look!"

After rubbing the dog's head enough, Ma Weihong asked with satisfaction.

Boring machine?

I think I only drew the overall structure diagram of this thing, and I haven't even made the itemized list yet. How come the parts are already out? Jiang Xia scratched his head. He'd been busy lately and couldn't quite remember some of the details.

However, we'll put that aside for now.

"My group of veterans worked out a blueprint for a wheelchair, but now the blueprint is obsolete. Let's just make a motorized tricycle instead!"

Jiang Xia pointed to the 45cc engine.

Ma Weihong chuckled upon hearing this, and her laughter seemed to trigger something in the other workers as well, filling the confidential workshop with laughter.

"What's wrong again?"

"You mean that? We got it a while ago! But we only got a few before the motorcycle factory came knocking on our door."

"Yeah, they said we're being unfair, even trying to take their tricycles..."

"Hahaha~~ Director Yang almost got into a fight with him, but in the end Li Huaide gave him a few tickets for pressure cookers and persuaded him to leave."

"Well, after that, we stopped working on it. The Ministry of Machinery Industry didn't approve the production order for it either, but we kept working on the 45cc engine."

Well, after going on a business trip, Jiangxia feels like he can't keep up with the pace of the steel rolling mill anymore.

While they may not excel at developing new products, they've truly mastered the art of expanding the applicability of their products.

If we let them run wild, who knows how many things these two engines could eventually spawn.

Once we have it, things will be much easier. We can just tow the original car over and make some adaptive modifications.

The original carriage, designed to be comparable to the BM021, was removed, and only a long seat was added behind the driver. In addition, a metal carriage was added to block the wind, given the current cold weather.

Thanks to the upgrade of processing equipment, the improved 45cc small gasoline engine has increased the volume of the combustion chamber, resulting in a certain improvement in power.

Anyway, it doesn't have much trouble dragging the metal carriage now, though it's not that fast either, around 20 km/h is fine. It's for the veterans to use as a means of transportation, not for racing.

Add a foot-operated accelerator and brake pedal to make it easier for veterans who are "not so tech-savvy" to use.

After a flurry of activity, seven or eight elderly people's electric vehicles were quickly set up.

Hmm, that's not right. No matter how you modify this tricycle, it's still the same size. It can fit through the gate, but it can't move around inside the house.

How about we make a few wheelchairs, the folding kind? We still have some thick cotton fabric left from Jinan, which, combined with a folding steel frame, would be very lightweight.

With the help of drilling machines and punch presses, the folding steel frame can be completed in no time, and with the wheels delivered from the bicycle factory, it will be finished in no time.

But why haven't the veterans arrived yet? It's been so long; they should have finished their tour by now.

Jiangxia nowadays is like a child who got 100 points on a test and is waiting to be praised by adults when they get home.

We've been waiting and waiting, but no one has come.

Go look for it!

The group drove around the factory area in their newly assembled old-man's car. Workshop 1: None. Workshop 2: None.

When they arrived at the newly established pressure cooker workshop, Jiang Xia noticed that Secretary Liu was helping a figure hurrying ahead, taking small steps.

"Master!"

"Master, when did you get back?"

Li Changfu was exhausted, and seeing that there were seats in the back of the tricycle, he sat down without hesitation: "Let's go, let's go to the engine workshop to rescue people."

"Oh, please have a seat."

Upon hearing this, Li Changfu recalled the "humiliation" of being thrown into a haystack and instinctively gripped the handrail next to his seat.

Seeing Li Changfu looking nervous, Xiao Liu swallowed hard and sat up straight.

But after waiting a while, the little tricycle continued its unhurried "puff, puff..."

"Kid? I'm ready, go for it!"

"I accelerated! I floored the gas pedal!"

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